Here's the latest in the Lam house:
Kalista has been working hard in OT with feeding. She still uses her g-tube 100% of the time for nutrition and feedings, but she can now devour a teaspoon of baby food at a sitting with the help of Jen's finger as a spoon. She is a big eater in the evening and that is when we work the most with her. Her favorite is still applesauce. We tried veggies this week in OT...yummy green beans...but she didn't really enjoy it at home. We were also given Dum Dum lollipops to try as oral stim homework. Who thought babies and candy couldn't be in the same sentence?
This is Kalista's "I'm Done" pose after eating.
Kalista and her new homework item: Dum Dum lollipops
We had our first physical therapy evaluation this past Wednesday with Tami. We were given activities to work on: sitting side saddle, crawling pose, weight bearing on her arms while standing and transitioning from lying to sitting. Whew...just typing all that gave me a workout!
Because of the "O", we haven't had much tummy time and that is putting Kali behind in her gross motor development. After reading many posts on the MOOs site about how other families created special foam cut-out beds for tummy time, Matt and his engineering team decided to create one for Kalista.
Our special tummy time board
(made of an elevated wood slab with a hole cut out for the belly)
Tummy time is still not her most well-loved position
Kalista is also developing an elaborate vocabulary: ba, ma, oh, mmm, ga. No "mama" yet though! She giggles at us whenever we make the motorboat sound, pop, click or smack our lips. She has also started reading to us before we go to bed...just kidding. We do the reading, but she likes to turn the pages.
Enjoying her books before bed
Other than that...we are just chugging along with our daily routine and can't wait until Christmas comes.
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